X-babe Polaris gets a power upgrade for some reason I forget.
a DIACHRONIC study of the IMAGE of the POWERFUL FEMALE in POPULAR (and maybe other) CULTURES
Friday, July 16, 2021
FF #123: MISS AMERICA (1942)
A rare punchout-scene from the first Miss America, who usually clobbered crooks with special powers.
FF #122: LADY SHIVA VS. CATWOMAN AND TALIA
Three of the most comely chicks in the Bat-cosmos, courtesy of Jim Lee, and arguably better than ever before.
Sunday, July 11, 2021
Monday, July 5, 2021
FF #119: JEANIE JOHNSON
Timely Comics teen queen JEANIE beats up a gorilla who's actually her dad in disguise. He tries to shock Jeanie and her friends but he gets several "socks" instead of shocks.
Sunday, July 4, 2021
FF #118: JUDY VS. MARY
Alternately, "When Mary Punched Judy."
(Mary was the g/f of the original Daredevil, and Judy part of a crime-team called Punch-and-Judy-- no, I barely care myself...)
FF #113: ERIKA
Forgotten tuffgirl ERIKA was the girlfriend of swashbuckler "The Pirate Prince." She sometimes fought in costume as "Black Mask," but here her only disguise is somehow changing from blonde to brunette in one page.
Saturday, July 3, 2021
FF #110: BATWOMAN
In the third panel, a stony-faced Batman takes secret pleasure in seeing his bat-girlfriend beat up his ward.
Not really, but that's more interesting than the actual story.
FF #109: AMAZONA
Only one appearance for "Amazona the Mighty Woman" in PLANET COMICS, though some think her an inspiration for the creation of another Amazon, Wonder Woman.
FF #107: VICKY GRANT
The male-and-female duo of the eighties DIAL H FOR HERO series usually transformed into diverse heroes to fight evil, but in this installment Vicky Grant gets to punch out villains in her own skin.
FF #106: THUVIA
Since Edgar Rice Burroughs was no fan of fighting-women, you won't read about the prose Thuvia doing things like this WEIRD WORLDS comics-adaptation does.